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Street-toughened “steamer duck” has equivalent of brass knuckles – beats snot...

You do not want to run across this duck in a dark alley. The Fuegian steamer duck has the equivalent of brass knuckles on the edges of its wings and with a body built like a feathered tank, can easily...

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Amazing video – new method of ants working together – a daisy-chain!

An ant brain is tiny, about 1/40,000th the size of a human brain so it goes without saying, they’re not too bright. But an ant colony of 40,000 ants collectively has the same size brain as a human and...

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Are tardigrades really indestructible? Evil scientists fire one from a gun to...

Scientists wondered if tardigrades could survive hitching a ride on a comet to another planet. To survive such a trip, the tardigrade would have to survive shock pressures like the ones an asteroid...

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The peculiar large frogmouth bird of Malaysia is terrifying! No wait… It’s...

Meet the the terrifying large frogmouth, or Batrachostomus auritus, a bird native to Malaysia, Thailand,...

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Yes! Scientists finally discover how Wombats poop square cubes.

Those cute little Wombats, the short-legged marsupials that are native to Australia, poop the most curious scat (i.e. feces or, ahem, turds). Despite having a normal round anus, Wombats poop square cubes!

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Scientists removed the first-ever murder hornets nest in the United States....

When telemetry from bee transmitters showed a possible murder hornet nest in Blaine, Washington, scientists donned their bee suits, grabbed their vacuum cleaners, and headed out the door. According to...

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With climate change, US ecosystems have shifted hundreds of miles north.

As climate change continues, we’ll likely see animal habitats adjust and shift around the country. Right now scientists think the animal movement will be more pronounced in northern areas of the world.

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Here’s why some people get bitten by mosquitoes more than others.

It’s true. Mosquitoes prefer biting some people over others and now scientists know why. As it turns out, about 20% of people are especially yummy to mosquitoes. Here’s why.

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Unable to find food in it natural habitat, this starving polar bear roamed...

Residents of Norilsk, Russia woke to a strange site. A starving polar bear was roaming its streets looking for food. The animal would normally be in the Kara Sea area, about 300 miles from Norilsk, but...

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Why malaria-spreading mosquitoes are so hard to kill – and how scientists...

Fighting the mosquitoes that transfer malaria to humans has been difficult. Mosquitoes have developed resistance to the chemical insecticides that are used to control them. Now scientists have found a...

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Natures way to spread plant life – birds, bees, and… goats in trees that spit...

It’s not unusual to see birds in trees. Pigeons in trees are a common sight in New York City. In Texas, noisy finch crowd trees along scenic roadways. In Washington, D.C., vultures loom in trees...

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After decades of obscurity, scientists again discover the weird-looking...

It hasn’t seen or been seen in a long, long time. Last week the “faceless fish”, uh, showed its face in Australian waters for the first time in over 100 years. It has long been thought to be extinct.

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Are tardigrades really indestructible? Evil scientists fire one from a gun to...

Scientists wondered if tardigrades could survive hitching a ride on a comet to another planet. To survive such a trip, the tardigrade would have to survive shock pressures like the ones an asteroid...

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The peculiar large frogmouth bird of Malaysia is terrifying! No wait… It’s...

Meet the the terrifying large frogmouth, or Batrachostomus auritus, a bird native to Malaysia, Thailand,...

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Meet the newly-discovered “nano-chameleon”, the world’s smallest lizard is no...

A new species of chameleon has been discovered on the island of Madagascar. Known as Brookesia nana, or nano-chemeleon, the tiny lizard (males) measures only 9mm or 19mm if you include the tail.

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Yes! Scientists finally discover how Wombats poop square cubes.

Those cute little Wombats, the short-legged marsupials that are native to Australia, poop the most curious scat (i.e. feces or, ahem, turds). Despite having a normal round anus, Wombats poop square cubes!

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Scientists removed the first-ever murder hornets nest in the United States....

When telemetry from bee transmitters showed a possible murder hornet nest in Blaine, Washington, scientists donned their bee suits, grabbed their vacuum cleaners, and headed out the door. According to...

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With climate change, US ecosystems have shifted hundreds of miles north.

As climate change continues, we’ll likely see animal habitats adjust and shift around the country. Right now scientists think the animal movement will be more pronounced in northern areas of the world.

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